Forget the usual flowers for Valentines Day, toaster for a wedding or a bear for a newborn, think outside the box.

Together we can make the gift personal!

Based in a barn the heart of the tranquil New Forest in Hampshire, I specialise in turning wood into functional art.

From personalised wedding gifts, oak chopping boards, oak shelves to new born gifts. I create and personalise wooden gifts for all occasions and I have a very simple ethos, if it’s not bespoke, quality and above all handmade by me, I don’t sell it.

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We work together on the project, with your requirements I personally start the design process the old fashioned way, with creativity, passion, experience… and a pencil.

You can be as involved as you like, many like to simply order an trust our experience, whereas other enjoy the design process.

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Before I start chipping away, I ensure we have only the best stock from the finest furniture grade oak. With experience I know there is so much more to making the perfect piece of oak, paying close attention to the wood grain patterns, grain structure and strength to name but a few before it’s past to stock House of Carvings workshop.

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House of Carvings then works it’s magic, getting ankle deep in chipping and sawdust whilst your commissioned woodwork takes form. I hand draw the design, hand cut, chip, shape and sand before engraving the chosen date or wording. With a wax an polish your woodcarving is prepared for it departure.

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Each product is wrapped and boxed to prepared for shipping worldwide. On request gift wrapping and add gift note can be added for a further personal touch. The next part of the journey is taken by you, you gift the carving and watch their reaction. I just wish we could be there.

Have an idea? Need someone to help you create it?

Get in touch to see if House of Carvings can help - 07859 915471

We thrive on making personalised and unique gifts in Oak and hardwood, and nothing excites us more than a new challenge. Give us an email or call with your thoughts.

More about House of Carvings

Based in Hampshire I hand create a range of oak and wooden gifts. It all started with oak and hard wood linked wooden initials and soon branched off into oak kitchen chopping boards engraved with names and dates and carved initials for wedding, anniversaries and christenings. I now specialise in all manner of oak house gifts from Oak cheese boards to extra large serving platter boards, wooden phone holders to carved French Oak mantle pieces. I also work on a number of private commissioned projects from factory clocks, hardwood grave cross, garden Glamping Pods to a school welly rack for the reception year, which at first seemed straightforward, until I calculated the three welly racks needed to house 180 individual wells! But all went well. So feel free to enquire about any wooden project.

I feel incredibly lucky to work with customers to create commissioned pieces which en-capture the most important moments or relationships in their life. So why buy off the shelf items when you can become a part of the dedicated list of customers and celebrate life in commissioned wooden art.

Couples Range

Our Couples selection consists of personalised Oak and Hardwood products tailored to celebrating unity, big days and anniversaries, especially for a fifth wedding anniversary ‘the year of wood’, so do not disappoint your partner with a wooden spoon, or an item of furniture, how about a 5th year anniversary present which is commissioned and made just for you? Our Oak Linked Letters and Hardwood Linked Letters merge the couples initials in wood and are finished with an ampersand “&” symbol and a date. As with all our products, anything is possible, so if you wish to merge more letters, add names or leave out the & symbol engraved on the wood please get in touch. We also offer a range of oak home ware, from oak cheese boards, chopping boards,XL serving boards and our Grand Daddy Oak Platter Boards suitable for a grand feast to personalised coat hooks all tailored to being engraved and personalised for the happy couple or family. Our newest products, the Oak Bottle Coasters, the oak coasters can be engraved with an established date or phrase, making a truly thoughtful and different gift not to be duplicated.

Our popular chopping boards make a great gift and addition to every home. The first of our collection is ideal as a cheese board with letters carved on the sides this makes a beautiful kitchen feature. If required both sides can be carved

The second board serves well as both an oak kitchen chopping board, and great to serving and carving meat on.

The third size oak board, similar to the second but with the increase in board surface is ideal for a family serving board, or a large roast or turkey carving board.

The largest board is the Grand Daddy! This solid oak kitchen family platter board is perfect for a large family roasts, or to serve two different meats at once. But this kitchen platter board comes into it’s own as a Christmas dinner or dinner parties platter board, the board is able to accommodate the biggest of birds or roasts with room for your yorkie puds, stuffing, pigs ‘n’ blankets and roasties around the edges. Free of charge this board can come with a gravy groove around the edge to capture all the meat juice. The groove runs to the corner where it can be spooned over your meat.

Each board also has the option of having a recessed handle cut into the top and tail of the board to allow easy lifting.

Little House of Carvings

For the Little Ones is by far the most special section for me. All these products have been inspired by the arrival of my two children in 2011 and 2013. We offer a range of personalised shelves, letters, giraffes, owls and solid oak rocking horses with an engraved name or date to celebrate a birth, christening or birthday.

Why you’ll love it?

Perfection

Forget the default gifts and ‘off the shelf’ products, leave that usual jumper purchase for fathers day, the toaster for a wedding and a bear for a newborn. We think outside the box, if you want a gift or product for your home, we will make it for YOUR home. Made to order with experience, making the perfect tailored product.